Oral Collagen Supplementation: Hype or Not?
“You are what you eat.” Do you believe that this statement applies to your skin? What does the gut have to do the skin anyway? Well, more than we previously thought. Not only are skin and the GI system similar in that they are 24/7 exposed to the outside world and thus have similar protective and regulatory immune mechanisms, but the skin responds to what we eat! While this has been a …
“You are what you eat.” Do you believe that this statement applies to your skin? What does the gut have to do the skin anyway? Well, more than we previously thought. Not only are skin and the GI system similar in that they are 24/7 exposed to the outside world and thus have similar protective and regulatory immune mechanisms, but the skin responds to what we eat! While this has been a … Continue reading "Oral Collagen Supplementation: Hype or Not?"
Below are the issue highlights and Editor Picks for the February issue of JDD!
Using patient cases, authors demonstrate how recent recommendations can be utilized and implemented in Systemic Therapies for Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis: Expert Perspectives in Practice.
Effectiveness of SRT for treating BCC and SCC is evaluated in Superficial Radiation Therapy: A Viable Nonsurgical Op … 
Derm In-Review Advisory Council Member, Dr. Ramya Kollipara, searched dermatology journals so that you don’t have to! She reports on important take-aways from different medical journals for the months of January, February, and March of 2018. Find study tools and more like this at Derm In-Review.
It is key to keep in mind that “important” is subjective and what is contained in this revie … 
Have you received the latest issue of the JDD? Below are Journal of Drugs in Dermatology highlights and editor picks for the October issue!
Consensus Recommendations on Adjunctive Topical Management of Atopic Dermatitis provides an overview of AD, summaries of pathophysiology and medical management, and discussion of epidermal barrier dysfunction and skin microbiome shifting associated with … 
PART 3
Wound Care in Pediatric Patients
For the concluding installment in our wound care series, I spoke with Kalyani Marathe, MD, MPH. Dr. Marathe is a pediatric dermatologist practicing at Children’s National Medical center, and an assistant professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Through her training and her years as a pediatric dermatolog … 